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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Iceland	Israel	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	5,927	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	6,088	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	6,236	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	6,366	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	6,484	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	6,603	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	6,723	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	6,846	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	6,972	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	7,100	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	7,226	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	7,360	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	7,498	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	7,637	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	7,781	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	7,931	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	8,091	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	8,251	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	8,412	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	8,576	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	8,742	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	8,899	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	9,047	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	9,188	31,058

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

No separate list is published for Barbados, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.